1 / 8

Russia : The Empire of the Czars

Russia : The Empire of the Czars. Main Idea. Russia was ruled as an autocracy (absolute authority), culturally diverse, economically depressed Attempts to revolt failed and Russia remains under Czarist control Nationalism fails at this time . Alexander I. Rules from 1801 to 1825

tawana
Download Presentation

Russia : The Empire of the Czars

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Russia: The Empire of the Czars

  2. Main Idea Russia was ruled as an autocracy (absolute authority), culturally diverse, economically depressed Attempts to revolt failed and Russia remains under Czarist control Nationalism fails at this time

  3. Alexander I Rules from 1801 to 1825 Attempted to reform Autocracy When he died, the military attempted to take power. This was the Decembrist Revolt Two results: Those who died were considered martyrs His son, Nicholas I crushed any opposition

  4. Nicholas I Secret Police find and eliminate all opposition to the Czar. Repression of democracy and change. He dies in 1855

  5. Alexander II Known as Czar Liberator for freeing the Serfs Needed labor for Industrialization Zemstovs run local politics Anarchists, Nihilists and Populists oppose the Czar’s reforms Czar is killed in 1881

  6. Alexander III Reverses reforms of his Father Attempts nationalism thru Russification Begins Pogroms to eliminate differences He dies in 1894

  7. Nicholas II Takes power in 1894 Revolutionary mood sweeps Russia Followers of Karl Marx’s Communism lead protests Divided between Mensheviks and Bolsheviks Moderate vs. Radical Bloody Sunday, January 22, 1905

  8. Response by the Czar Workers seized control of the cities and demanded change. Nicholas II announces the election of a Duma Nicholas issued the October Manifesto Before the Duma could act, Nicholas dissolved it. By the beginning of W.W.I, the problems of Russia were not only unsolved but intensified

More Related